Buddha-Carita [sanskrit]

by E. B. Cowell | 2003 | 11,474 words | ISBN-10: 8187418788 | ISBN-13: 9788187418788

The Buddha Carita (Saddharma-pundarika) by Asvaghosa a famous Sanskrit text revolving around the live and exploits of the Buddha. The Buddha Carita (Buddhacarita) is written in the style of a Kavya (or Mahakavya, epic poetry) and extant original Sanskrit text consists of roughly 1,000 metrical verses.

Verse 5.61

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विवृतास्यपुटा विवृद्धगात्रा प्रपतद्वक्त्रजला प्रकाशगुह्या ।
अपरा मदघूर्णितेव शिश्ये न बभाषे विकृतं वपुः पुपोष ॥ ६१ ॥

vivṛtāsyapuṭā vivṛddhagātrā prapatadvaktrajalā prakāśaguhyā |
aparā madaghūrṇiteva śiśye na babhāṣe vikṛtaṃ vapuḥ pupoṣa || 61 ||

Another, with fully-developed limbs, her mouth wide open, her saliva dropping, and her person exposed, lay as though sprawling in intoxication,—she spoke not, but bore every limb distorted.
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (5.61). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vivritasya, Puta, Vivriddha, Gatri, Gatra, Vaktraja, Prakasha, Guhya, Guhi, Apara, Mada, Ghurnita, Iva, Vikrita, Vapu, Vapus,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 5.61). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “vivṛtāsyapuṭā vivṛddhagātrā prapatadvaktrajalā prakāśaguhyā ”
vivṛtāsya -
vivṛtāsya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vivṛtāsya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
puṭā* -
puṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
vivṛddha -
vivṛddha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vivṛddha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gātrā -
gātṛ (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

gātrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
prapat -
prapad (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
ad -
ad (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

ad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vaktraja -
vaktraja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
lā -
lā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
prakāśa -
prakāśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prakāśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
guhyā -
guhyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√guh -> guhyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √guh class 1 verb]

guhī (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]

guhī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “aparā madaghūrṇiteva śiśye na babhāṣe vikṛtaṃ vapuḥ pupoṣa ”
aparā* -
apara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

aparā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mada -
mada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

mada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√mad (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
ghūrṇite -
√ghūrṇ -> ghūrṇita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √ghūrṇ class 1 verb], [locative single from √ghūrṇ class 1 verb]

√ghūrṇ -> ghūrṇita (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √ghūrṇ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ghūrṇ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √ghūrṇ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √ghūrṇ class 1 verb], [locative single from √ghūrṇ class 1 verb]

√ghūrṇ -> ghūrṇitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √ghūrṇ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √ghūrṇ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ghūrṇ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √ghūrṇ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √ghūrṇ class 1 verb]

√ghūrṇ (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
śiśye -
√śi (verb class 3)

[present middle first single], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√śi (verb class 5)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√śī (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√śī (verb class 2)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√śī (verb class 4)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
babhāṣe -
√bhāṣ (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
vikṛtam -
vikṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vikṛta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

vikṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vapuḥ -
vapus (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

vapus (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

vapu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

vapu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pupoṣa -
√puṣ (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√puṣ (verb class 4)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√puṣ (verb class 9)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√puṣ (verb class 4)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]